PAINTBALL

As the weather warms across the country, current players and paintball neophytes are getting their gear together and heading to the fields to play some paintball.   Many players will be heading out to their favorite fields and will get back with their paintball buddies and be ready for the fun summer ahead.  With the new season approaching, though, rather than sticking to just the same tried-and-true games, I recommend trying out something new.

Paintball is not just elimination and capture the flag.  In addition to countless different game variations, there are whole genres of paintball to try.  If you haven't ever tried speedball or woodsball, give them a go.  If you've never played with anything but a semi-automatic gun, try out a pump with whatever game you want.

Paintball is one of the most flexible and varied sports on the planet.  It's time to experience more of what it has to offer.

Try Out Something New with Paintball originally appeared on About.com Paintball on Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 at 08:48:55.

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It's a topic that continues to come up at fields and in forums: some people believe that paintball is a dying sport.  They claim that more people are leaving than coming, that fields are closing and that the sport is going to decrease to the point of irrelevancy.

I disagree.

Paintball is not dying.  It is changing.  The past decade and even the past five years have lead to significant changes in the sport.  I've seen a greater split between the tournament crowd and the recreation/woodsball crowd.  I've seen the end of established fields and the focus on smaller fields or outlaw play.  I've seen many